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Also beautiful in black/white


Also beautiful in black/white
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Copyright: Wishnu Garuda (wishnugaruda) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2334 W: 180 N: 3259] (13860)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-06-17
Categories: Insects
Camera: Canon 400D Digital Rebel XTi, Tamron SP 90mm 1:2.8 Di - Macro 1/1
Exposure: f/14.0, 1/250 seconds
Details: (Fill) Flash: Yes
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2007-07-08 9:25
Viewed: 791
Points: 70
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Hello again,
I'm happy to show you a pretty butterfly today I had the pleasure to see in Italy. It's not very big - wingspan is about 45 mm.

That's a Marbled White - male (Melanargia galathea) - Schachbrett oder Damenbrett - Männchen in German.
It is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae and flying from the end of June to August.
They are a common across most of Europe (not Scandinavia), north Africa and as far east as Iran sight in unimproved grasslands.

Thanks for looking.

ellis49, nglen, uleko, dew77, marmottelolo, haraprasan, goutham_ramesh, Silvio2006, Alex99, Kaszek, XOTAELE, ramthakur, marhowie, jcoowanitwong, mikou, Silke, Pentaxfriend, Isu has marked this note useful
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Hi Sabine,
agree, they are also beautiful in B/W, never seen this butterly before.
The exposure and sharpness is spot on.
WEll composed and good POV.
Well done, my friend.

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  • nglen Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1990 W: 5 N: 5539] (20936)
  • [2007-07-08 9:34]

Hi Sabine. a very good close up shot of the butterfly. good detail and showing the nice marking of well. the colours are nice as well. a good POV and DOF. very well done TFS. good notes too.
Nick..

hi sabine,
lovely butterfly shot, well composed with nice pov, liked the sharpness and the colours,the dark bg gives good contrast to the light coloured butterfly, framing looks nice,
tfs & regards
pankaj

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  • gannu Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 917 W: 4 N: 2290] (10678)
  • [2007-07-08 9:36]

Wishnu lovely capture of this butterfly. The wings and their colors are beautiful. The composition is very nice. TFS Ganesh

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  • uleko Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2463 W: 168 N: 7435] (23482)
  • [2007-07-08 9:38]

Hello Sabine,
Lovely close capture of a species we don't have here but we've seen it in the Alps. Very nice POV and sharp details. It stands out very nicely from the dark brown background. Beautiful composition.
Many thanks, Ulla

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  • Mana Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1714 W: 24 N: 4988] (16346)
  • [2007-07-08 9:40]

Hi Sabine,
Outstanding shot of the Marbled White with immaculate sharpness. The exposure of the white and black are perfect and the patterns on its wings are absolutely awesome and beautiful. Excellent POV and DOF. Perfect use of flash ighting and a wonful composition. Kudos.
TFS.
Sumon

This is a wonderful specie, so beautiful and a great capture of it with very good control on exposure. Details, POV and composition are amazing. Well done again :)
Claudine

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  • dew77 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 5171 W: 297 N: 4050] (13069)
  • [2007-07-08 9:54]

Hello Sabine,
Very nice capture of this beautiful butterfly.I lked details,sharpness,blurred BG and DOF a lot.Have a great day!
TFS..:-)

bonjour sabine
j'ai aussi publié ce papillon il y a quelques temps,il est superbe et de plus il se laisse assez bien approcher.
le tiens a pris une belle pose et il est parfaitement mis en valeur avec beaucoup de details etune bonne exposition.felicitations.
laurent

Namaste,
With those white around the exposure being perfect, this picture is a class act! The DOF is as good as it gets!
TFS
Goutham R

Hi Sabine, lovely butterfly with wonderful details, beautiful colors and great sharpness, very well done, ciao Silvio

Dear Wishnu Garuda,

Excellent picture of this lovely beauty. Looks small (judging by the wing texture).

- Murali Santhanam

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  • Alex99 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3035 W: 148 N: 4525] (14615)
  • [2007-07-08 11:22]

Hi Sabine.
You managed to take close picture of very nice specimen of Marbled White. This year there are many butterflies of this species in our places too. I like impressive combination of main colour tone and natural darkened BG. Composition and POV are really great. My compliments and TFS.
Alexei.

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  • joey Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1685 W: 242 N: 5567] (19717)
  • [2007-07-08 12:13]

Hi Sabine,
I recently got my first shot of a Marbled White but was no where near as good as this.
Sharp with brilliant detail.
Well done,
Joe

Hello Sabine,
A well composed presentation!
Patterns are awesome, superb texture in the wing...
A great butterfly macro, very well done!
Greetings,
Pablo -

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  • anel Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1170 W: 0 N: 1963] (8325)
  • [2007-07-09 0:47]

Hallo Sabine,
Nicht einfach diese immer herumflatternden Schmetterlinge zu fotografieren. Für dich ist dieses Schachbrett schön ruhig verblieben und zeigt die auch schöne Oberseite der Flügel. Gut gemacht.
Liebe Grüsse
Anne

Hello Sabine,
One of the best pictures of Marbled White I saw. Full of details, fantastic colours and beauty BG. Superb POV.
TFS
Lukasz

Nice shot Sabine
Well composed and good sharpness.
Attractive species

Chris

Hallo Wishnu,
schönes schwarz/weiß Muster, das Du uns heute zeigst. Perfekt aufgenommen.
Vieel Grüße
Achim

Hi Sabine,
A beautiful butterfly with many pattern with it. The white balance is handled very well here. Very good POV and composition. Thanks a lot for sharing.

Hola!
¡Una maravilla en b/w!
Detalles muy nítidos y contrastados.
Iluminación idónea.
Saludos y hasta una nueva oportunidad. Juan Luis.

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  • pvb Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 381 W: 20 N: 521] (1813)
  • [2007-07-09 12:53]

Hi Sabine,
Very nice composition and pov you had here capturing this butterfly. I like the pattern on the wings very much.
Very good shaprness and details.
Thanks for sharing this lovely butterfly with us.
Paula

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  • hester Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1471 W: 18 N: 2981] (10944)
  • [2007-07-09 13:00]

Hi Sabine

Great butterfly shot, perfectly in focus and with great DOF. POV and exposure are both great. Excellent use of flash. It really is a pretty butterfly

TFS

Karan

Hi Sabine,
What a spectacular looking Butterfly. The quality of the image is superb with wonderful sharpness and detail. Impressive.
Cheers,
Debbie

There is a degree of sophistication involved in the very subtle colours and patterns on the wings of this butterfly, Sabine.
What a marvellous capture of its unique appeal!
Very well done and TFS.

Hi Sabine,
Excellent exposure, POV, DOF, nice color and details. Thank you for sharing this "Also beautiful in B&W"! :)
Howard

Hi Sabine,
Beautiful Marbled White. Sharpness and exposure are perfect. Nice off background that give depth to this image. Also like your composition.
JC

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  • Janice Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3450 W: 144 N: 5884] (17440)
  • [2007-07-10 20:25]

Hi Sabine, this is a WOW shot. Very nice sharp and clean image, your focus is spot on. The colours are wonderful, details amazing.
TFS
Janice

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  • mikou Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 863 W: 73 N: 1348] (5265)
  • [2007-07-11 6:14]

Hi Sabine.
Excellent sharp capture of this beautiful butterfly.I like your used side POV,which pretty shows very nice drawing on his wing.His B/W colouring looks on blurred brown BG perfectly.Well composed with nice pose of this butterfly.Good job.
TFS,with greeting Milos.

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  • Silke Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 753 W: 108 N: 1729] (5398)
  • [2007-07-11 9:34]

Stunning macro with amazing details, perfect comp
TFS
silke

Hi Sabine,

SUPERB shot
never seen this beautifull BF
excellent sharpness and details
lovely compo with great colours

TFS Thijs

Hello Sabine,
Very beautiful contrast in your subject and all with nice clarity. A super nice macro closeup of this incredible patterned butterfly. :)

Hi,
Beautiful colors.
Great macro and good compo.
Regards,
Iulian

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  • Isu Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 313 W: 0 N: 21] (1663)
  • [2007-08-19 18:14]

hola Wishnu, prefecto trabajo, los colores de la mariposa nitidos, bien marcados... Saludos

Hi
der schmetterling sieht ja super aus
So ein hab ich noch nie gesehen so ein schönes weiß mit schönen schwarzen konturen
Sehr guter Fokus
Toba

Hello Sabine

wonder creature with fantastic drawings excellent definition clearness details
colors and focus

cheers sERGIO

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